mantua
Example Sentences
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The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
We have noted the richness and elegance of Madam Symonds's mantua.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
Then shoes are buckled, stockings are gartered, and a black mantua placed gently round her shoulders.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
The little lady in the mourning mantua soon fell in love with our gallant spark, and when he made court to her, she represented herself as very wealthy.
From Gossip in a Library by Edmund Gosse
